Problem in running apps from Start menu/Run

Hi guys,

Long time reader, first time poster. :)
I've searched the forum as well as I could here to check if anyone else had a similar problem, and I even glanced through the first six or seven pages of General Discussion, in case someone posted it differently there; unfortunately, it seems either no one else has noticed this issue, or I'm the only one experiencing it.

I've noticed this on both a clean install of the 32-bit version, and an upgrade from x64 Vista Ultimate on a separate system.

It seems every time I launch any application by typing the name in the start bar or through Run, Windows 7 seems to redirect to my user folder, and that too incorrectly. For eg:

My username on the computer is "Rohit Kapur". If I try and open Notepad by typing as much in start, Windows responds with this:





And this is what pops up every time I open any application, or even if I try and open a folder without typing the direct path (eg: %Appdata%).


Any ideas?

Oh, also, if I DO try and open the "file" to see what exactly it's doing, it tells me that the file's name is "C:\Users\Rohit". I guess it encounters a problem as soon as the space comes in between the username, and cuts off there.



Help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. :)

It doesn't open for me. Sigh. Is your Username a single word or two with a space in between??

Mr GRiM said:

I don't need to type a user name just notepad

Neither do I. I'm doing the same as you. But instead of notepad popping up for me, the snapshot I've posted is what appears.

SOLVED!


Apparently, for some reason unbeknownst to me, Windows had created a file called "Rohit" in C:\Users. As a result, whenever I tried opening anything that had a shortcut on the start menu, or tried accessing my account's folder (C:\Users\Rohit Kapur), it tried to open that file, and gave me the error. I just deleted the file, and now everything seems to be working correctly.


Damn weird.